Preview: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
This novel will change your life. Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award and written by American writer Jennifer…
Carlyn Schellenberg
Cover to cover with Carlyn
Juliet Was a Surprise is acclaimed Canadian writer Bill Gaston’s latest short story collection since 2006’s Gargoyles and his latest book since The World was…
Cover to cover with Carlyn
There Can Never Be Enough: New and Selected Stories is University of Manitoba English professor and seasoned fiction writer David Arnason’s latest collection since 2002’s…
Take Back Manitoba From Factory Farming
Are you interested in the improved treatment of Manitoba farm animals? On April 16, Take Back Manitoba From Factory Farming, a “farm-to-table” event presented by…
The value of newspaper credibility
I was first assigned copy editing during the preparation of a chapbook, for a university creative writing class. I didn’t know what the position entailed, but…
‘Keep lookin’ up’
On March 11, ufologist Chris Rutkowski gave a presentation on UFOs at the University of Manitoba as part of Dream Big, last week’s series of…
Women’s Hockey Fundamentals
Canlan Ice Sports’ co-ed adult hockey program was “bursting at the seams” when some of the women expressed the desire to have their own program….
Creating ‘solid ground for women to stand on’
Alex Torcolacci and Ellie Schwartz were studying for their final exams last semester when the topic of what they would do for their joint birthdays…
Beards, plaid, and rock and roll
For their second year in a row, the Proud Sons—Ryan McConnell, Kyle Meyer, Jay Mymryk, Jesse Meyer, and Jason Stanley—will bring their rock and roll…
Things Withered
We know Winnipeg-born Susie Moloney from her novels A Dry Spell, The Dwelling, and The Thirteen. Moloney, who currently spends time in New York, tends…